So while I am up here in Ciudad Valles, I am actually working on a project sampling aquatic insects from a wetland known as "Cienaga de Cabezas". This week was spent collecting some samples and getting a little more familiar with the wetland itself.
The main source of income in the area is sugar cane, and right now is the harvet time. Trucks like the ones pictured below, are running 24/7, transporting the cut cane (most cut by hand) to the "ingenio" where the raw cane is processed into sugar.
And finally here is a pict of me doing some sampling and one of the insects (megaloptera) that I found.
On Saturday, we ventured out to enjoy more of the amazing colored waters of the Huasteca and went rafting on the Tampaon River that cuts through a canyon.
The river at one point, appears to end at a place that is called Puente de Dios (God's Bridge) and from there the rafts have to be portaged about 100m to the other side.
What sugar cane looks like before it has been burned and cut.
